NicoNico Douga

NicoNico Douga announced that it made an agreement with the likes of the Japan Animation Association to delete videos which infringe copyright so its sayonara to MAD and a ton of other fan made videos.
Kadokawa did recently say that they wont be taking action against fan made videos that were uploaded to YouTube as it looks like they made an agreement with YouTube to monetize from fan made videos. Wondering why a similar agreement wasn't made with NicoNico.
Will be interesting to see how a site that is originally popular with fan made videos survives without them. Any NicoNico users here?
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Engineer by weekdays, Hikki by weekends
http://ejump.wordpress.com/
Im sad of this news.
Although Im not a frequent Nico² visitor, but i gonna miss wacky MADs ;__;
Well, we do still have creepy ronald mcdonald right?
Student
http://web.mit.edu/anime/www/index.shtml
I am so addicted to Niconico... it'll be sad to say goodbye to MAD videos. Youtube'll sure be making tons of money from the videos not on Niconico anymore. :(
student
(sarksam) Fighting your fans is always the best way to boost your sales! (/sarkasm)
What's next? Will they sue doujinshi circles?
I guess most media companies are learn-resistant.
student
I think the difference between NicoNico and Youtube is Google's huge, battle-tested legal department. Therefore an agreement is the cheapest way to settle things with them.
Make-Shift Graphic Designer / Bum
As long as they don't touch the vocaloid stuff, then we're good =p
Student // Collector // Gaijin
http://zacbush.com
That's my only REAL concern...but I'm also worried about stuff that uses anime figures (I have 2 videos up, which I can show you on YouTube instead of Nico: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=ulOml_dMgMk & http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=FtIX7GtiZSs).
About VOCALOID I'm really worried that vocaloid songs using anime OSTs will be taken away from us.
Student // Collector // Gaijin
http://zacbush.com
Wait wut????????
Oh noes. So basically ANYTHING with a clip from an anime is gone now?
I'm not good at navigating Nico but sometimes I watch stuff with my friends...what's goign to happen to the Nico Nico Kumikyoku videos?
Art Student/Freelancer
http://jenarwen.deviant.art.com
Now my Nico account is pretty much useless *sigh*
http://chiisairamen.deviantart.com
This side is pretty much useless to me now
MAD videos are the only things that I watch when I go here anyways
Amateur novelist
http://memories-of-eternity.com
This stuff is happening all over the place...'tis a real shame. I don't see MADs hurting any companies.
anime/cosplay events organizer
http://www.cosplay.ph
"NicoNico Douga announced that it made an agreement with the likes of the Japan Animation Association to delete videos which infringe copyright so its sayonara to MAD and a ton of other fan made videos."
More like "bullied" rather than an "agreement".
This is indeed a sad news especially for some of us frequent NicoNico visitors who finds the said video service much more superior than Youtube due to its content.
Content associations is slowly killing NicoNico.
student
http://zephi-san.deviantart.com/
Sad to see this happening... Anime is the heart of niconico. They have a very unique community which I don't want seeing breaking up because of this.
I do use NicoNico Douga occasionally, but since buffering takes a very long time, I won't use it if its already uploaded on youtube.
Student and Digital Racer
http://omegaz33tsp.wordpress.com/
As long as we have torrent, i will not worry about it ^^
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
http://xspblog.com
Wow... RIP NicoNico Douga.
Dumb move.
I mean, really... can't understand why those so called "Associations"... which is probably like MPAA and RIAA are so blind to see that fanmade videos are probably the animes and mangas biggest advertisers.
But you know, I'm tired of getting angry over sh*t like this. I hope MPAA and RIAA eventually wins and get what they want so that the movie and music industry gets f*cked up and finally realise how much they were actually winning by letting people use their content to do fanbased stuff, or even from pirating.
Anime and Manga would be NOTHING here in Brazil, and probably on USA too, if it wasn't for pirating and fansubbing.
Same goes to gaming industry. What would Sony be today if it wasn't for PS and PS2 pirated games?
How ungrateful big corporations can be? Like this last weekend I watched a play... was kinda expensive, but I decided to watch after seeing a part of it on YouTube. And I'm willing to bet, at least 50% of the people watching were also there only because of the same YouTube clip...
Things will become very clear in the future, and we'll eventually have a laugh on stuff like Japan Animation Association, MPAA and RIAA. And here it is: Very soon, the only stuff most people will watch (or think is worth watching) is the stuff people talk about, make YouTube fan videos, and publish on video sharing websites.
Anyways, this is all a part of a bigger discussion on when music, movies and other types of art stopped being "art" per se, and turned into products with "artists" caring more about how much they'll profit from it than on how many people likes their art.
One of the things that are currently wrong with the culture and way of thinking, IMHO.
Admin
There is something wrong with your way of thinking if you think companies should not care about people stealing their stuff. If you support anime so much, did you buy the code-2 dvds or any licensed region dvd after watching the fansubs? You and I know the answer to that one.
College Student
I wonder if it's time to migrate to Chinese video sites...
Pokemon master
http://thecococafe.wordpress.com/
I still can't believe they're getting rid of FAN videos. Do they have no sense?
Nandeyane~
http://www.youtube.com/user/Jollepoker
I guess its time to find another site that replaces niconico (that is, if this turns out to be as bad as it sounds).
Animator/ graphic designer
http://www.collateralds.com/
The end.
i loved the fan made videos for their rampant humor...
Wow, I can't believe this. Deleting full episodes makes obvious sense, but fanmade stuff??? Will there be a reason to watch videos in niconico anymore? :(
Engineering research
http://kikenshisou.wordpress.com
*sigh* I have a nico account which I check once in a while for excellent M@Ds which never gets reupped to youtube.
http://www.ted.org/index.php/talks/larry_lessig_says_the_law_is_strangling_creativity.html
I wonder if the management of nico ever heard of such views as portrayed in the video abv...
student
http://beastofbloodgaara.deviantart.com
Nico Nico getting rid of MADs is like Youtube getting rid of everything anime related. I barely recall finding ANYTHING on NicoNico that wasn't anime related.
website/graphic designer and karaoke amateur~
http://www.furudango.com
I managed to sign up for account and watch a few videos, but that's about it. Had some help from Google translation and 'display form details' on the developer toolbar for FF ^^;;
mahou kishi
http://www.animedia.com.mx
hope users make this japan anime association to decline, nico nico will die with this stupidity, you cant stop fan creativity
http://jhkplaya888.shiryoukan.com/
awww, i just started to like niconico :P
Proud VGI member and IT student...
No way!!
seriously, I bet they didn't see "Cinderella-Stairs" or the godlike MAD series...
Is this really the end of nico douga? hmm...
the community is still huge and building a new one on a new or different platform will take some time. lets hope it doesnt turn our like stage6 with no/bad replacements.
Seriously, now I don't see the point of going to niconico anymore
大学一年生
http://jp.youtube.com/user/aznfatalflip
wow. might as well take down the whole site while they are at it -.-. RIP niconico T_T
Even vids of people doing cover of anime songs with instruments are getting the axe....Ridiculous
Multimedia Developer/Designer
Awwww... I'm such a Nico Video rat. I'm practically there every other hour to see the fantastic vids people make. :(
Yes, I'm still sane after watching hundreds of DONARUDO, Touhou, YuGiOh, and Hatsune Miku vids.
JR. College Student
http://npc.talkingincircles.net/
I use nico nico every now and then, this news is definitely a blow to their own community. Nico Nico thrives on this stuff.
http://orange.exofire.net
That sucks. I always look to Nicovideo for higher quality videos. I can't stand Youtube quality. My eyes explode.
Graphic Artist
http://hobbysnacks.wordpress.com/
It was fun while it lasted. :(
At least they didn't take away all MADs. And the medleys/vocaloid stuff are still around.
Hikikomori in the making
http://supermariabros.deviantart.com/
This just sucks... No more MAD videos you say? NooOooOoo!
Service desk support
http://lookingglass.kokidokom.net
I'd actually be glad about the demise of MADs, Can't stand 99% of them. but the news as a whole does seem pretty bad.
I used NicoNico for watching Raws from time to time but some things, the the fan edited SRW trailers floating around were fun to watch too!
Musician
Zoome?
Example: http://circle.zoome.jp/nicovideo/media/528
Aspiring Trap
http://www.atalude.net/
A future of crappy homemade videos. Can't wait!
corrective phrenologist
As soon the anime/manga companies formed these sort of media "associations" (ie: cartels), I knew eventually they would start acting like the hostile short-sighted control freaks of the MPAA/RIAA that plague the USA. User-created MAD and parody videos are essentially free advertisements (I've personally spent good money buying titles that I only found out about through MADs and parodies) that increase both marketshare and mindshare, and to waste time and money quashing those videos just because they technically infringe copyright is self-defeating and unprofitable.
The anime/manga industry grew and thrived because companies understood their fanbase enough to realize that sometimes copyright infringement isn't a bad thing, and that certain forms of it can actually generate profit. But now that the industry has grown large, rich, and visible, there are now more and more out-of-touch businessmen involved who don't understand the fanbase nor want to, and thus can only act in the most short-sighted, hostile, letter-of-contract manner. The sort of idiots would sue us because many of our message board avatars technically infringe copyright. Just because you can pressure and sue someone doesn't mean that you should.
おたくと大学生。
http://jp.youtube.com/user/acw2097
I am a nico nico douga user. I love that site, and when I found out about this the other day I was not happy. They will be deleting what nico nico douga is. It is effectively killing the site. I am not happy about this.
This is very very sad news indeed.
Polytechnic Junior, Bronze Lifesaving Trainee, Mech Designer In-training.
http://thehangerbay.wordpress.com/
That was extreme... and I have a feeling this is going to build up to something bigger :(
オタク all day long
http://www.nekomagic.com
Sad news to me. No more smile for "nico nico" =(
Student
So sad...... i looooooooove Nico Nico douga videos...........they are so cool..too crappy they are doing this stuff ...but well laws are laws....